Report of the Inquiry into the circumstances of the Death of Bernard ...

if refractory or violent;
for restraint;
pending the hearing of a disciplinary charge; or
as a result of a punishment awarded at an adjudication.
Punishments under the Prison Rules
7.9 The Prison Discipline Manual dating from 1995 (PDM 1995) provides that the
facilities listed in Standing Order 4 may be withdrawn from adult offenders for up to 42
days as a punishment, but specified that certain facilities should not normally be
withdrawn. These were:
general and educational notebooks
drawing books
radios
attendance at educational classes
correspondence courses
purchase of stamps and phone cards.
In addition, adjudicators were authorised to stop all or part of an adult prisoner’s daily
pay, up to an amount equivalent to 42 days full pay.
7.10 The current advice on Adjudications is set out in Prison Service Order (PSO)
2000 which came into force in January 2006. The provisions on punishments are not
markedly different from the earlier guidance but state that the purchase of stamps and
phone credits and the use of the telephone should not normally be forfeited unless the
circumstances of the offence are directly related to their abuse. The maximum amount
for stoppage of earnings is raised to 84 days full pay but the provision repeats that
prisoners should normally be able to buy phone credits and stamps.
The Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme
7.11 The Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme (commonly known as IEP or
IEPS) is a system for linking the facilities that each prisoner is permitted to assessments
of his/her individual behaviour and performance. Every prison is required to allocate
prisoners to basic, standard or enhanced regime levels, which attract different levels of
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